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October 16, 1894 | Newspaper
A Deception And A Snare
Railroads presented political controversies at the very local level, in city hall meetings and town councils over the location of their depots, the kind of service they might run, and a host of other social issues.
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October 16, 1894 | Newspaper
Times Are Getting Better
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 15, 1894 | Newspaper
An Artistic Job of Train Robbing
Bryan's World Herald puts the tariff issue at the center of the 1894 campaign and argues that the tariff is a tax on working people because it results in higher prices for all goods and commodities. The newspaper also editorializes about a recent train robbery, arguing that the Wells Fargo men did not demonstrate enough manliness in the confrontation.
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October 14, 1894 | Newspaper
Thurston-Bryan Debate
Plans for the joint Thurston-Bryan debate proceed.
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October 8, 1894 | Newspaper
Rough on Administration Democrats
Bryan's World Herald warns Democrats that Republican efforts to peel off conservative Cleveland, gold bug Democrats will end in Republican advantage.
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October 8, 1894 | Newspaper
On to Washington
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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October 7, 1894 | Newspaper
Mr. Rosewater's New Speech
The Republican State Journal ridicules rival Republican editor Edward Rosewater, who was giving speeches around Nebraska in a campaign to eliminate railroad influence in politics and prevent the election of Tom Majors as governor. The State Journal depicts Rosewater as a self-centered buffoon.
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October 5, 1894 | Newspaper
Thurston Is Conservative
In the era before direct election of senators, candidates often stood unofficially for a period of time, and in 1894 John Thurston was not officially nominated by the Republican Party with a platform. His standing was as a citizen and a party member. Bryan hopes to force Thurston's views into the open and directly challenge him, but the editor of the Bee and other Republicans consider these offers little more than political posturing.
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September 28, 1894 | Newspaper
Notice to Travellers
After the Democratic convention nominates Bryan, the Republican State Journal ridicules Bryan as pompous and self-serving, blind to the consequences of his actions.
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September 28, 1894 | Newspaper
Bryan's Two Challenges
Bryan challenges Thurston to a debate.
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September 27, 1894 | Newspaper
Bryan for Senator
William Jennings Bryan's newspaper reports the events of his nomination at the state convention, emphasizing the joining of forces to defeat the Republicans and the deep history of the Democratic Party.
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September 26, 1894 | Newspaper
[Untitled] Today is the date arranged by Mr. Bryan. . .
The Republican State Journal ridicules Bryan's Populist-Democratic fusion as an unlikely alliance and a fantasy.
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September 23, 1894 | Newspaper
The Tactics of Young Billy
The Republican State Journal calls attention to Bryan's tactics within the Democratic Party, emphasizing his inability to compromise, his miscalculation of the Populist strength, and his failure to mend fences with the administration Democrats.
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September 14, 1894 | Newspaper
The New Anti-Trust Law
Republican editor Edward Rosewater accuses the Democratic Congress and Democratic candidates of attempting to gain political advantages from passing an "anti-trust" piece of legislation. He also criticizes the Democratic administration for failure to enforce anti-trust acts.
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September 8, 1894 | Newspaper
Fear Public Sentiment
The Bryan-Thurston campaign took place amidst national news of the trial of Eugene Debs and others in the American Railway Union for violence and disobeying court injunctions in the 1894 Pullman strikes.
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September 8, 1894 | Newspaper
Bryan as a False Prophet
The Republican State Journal emphasizes the Democratic Party's internal divisions over the fusion with Populists.
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September 7, 1894 | Newspaper
They'll Fight
William Jennings Bryan's World Herald calls attention to the demands of workers and the situation evolving around the Union Pacific receivership.
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September 6, 1894 | Newspaper
A Colossal Railway Consolidation
Republican Editor Edward Rosewater welcomes the consolidation of the Southern Railway out of its receivership and hopes that bigness will streamline railroad operations and open up opportunities for government oversight and control.
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September 3, 1894 | Newspaper
Bryan Was Not In It
Bryan's candidacy and his move to fuse with the Populists and campaign for free silver went against the Cleveland White House administration. In Nebraska the Democratic forces divided and some remained "gold bugs," staunch conservatives on the money issue and others remained reluctant to break with the Democratic presidential administration on such important issues. The Republican State Journal seeks to exploit the deep divisions in the Democratic Party.
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September 3, 1894 | Newspaper
Consecrated Perfidy
Republican editor Edward Rosewater criticizes the strike commission investigation and argues little of value will emerge from its recommendations because railroads have so much influence. Rosewater includes a little poem about Thomas Scott, the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, ridiculing him as self-absorbed and arrogant.
